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Book SynopsisKorean immigrants to the United States establish their own small businesses at a rate exceeding that of immigrants from any other nation, with more than one third of all Korean immigrant adults involved in small businesses. Kyeyoung Park examines this...
Trade ReviewA welcome addition to the growing literature on Korean immigrant entrepreneurship.
* American Journal of Sociology *
Kyeyoung Park has done a careful study of Korean immigrants in Queens.... She has provided us with a valuable work on a growing community in the United States and its mixed response to adjusting in a new land with different values. It is clearly written and will be of interest to both the scholarly and the general reader.
* Asian Thought and Society *
Park provides a fresh angle of viewing the consequences of Korean business.
* Contemporary Sociology *
This book is a useful ethnographic study of anticipation, adaptation, and acculturation, and offers a contemporary perspective on an old process: that genesis of a new 'hyphenated' ethnic group.
* Choice *
This book, written by an anthropologist, is a welcome addition to the growing literature on Korean Americans.... The author's keen observation and thoughtful interpretation of the changes in family and kinship organizations among Korean immigrants are quite impressive.
* International Migration Review *
This is an excellent study that enriches our understanding of the experiences of Korean immigrants who have been striving to succeed in America's urban environment. Park writes with sensitivity yet objectivity, using the information drawn from her interviews to provide a rich portrayal of the Korean immigrant's lives and thoughts 'in all their contradictory aspects.'.
* New York History *
